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PAID FIREMEN. Mm OrAaaM* far the PnnnttMi ??<? ?*Un nbMiiR of Vires, and UegidBilag the Vm Dtperimtai. Be H ordained by the Common Council of the Ctty of Newark: Bsc. 1. Thefire department of the said city shall consist of a Chief Engineer, foor Assistant Engi neers?to be distinguished as Engineers No. "One," "Two," "Three," "Four,"?of Fire Wardens, and members of each company, of as many hook and ladder, hose and fire companies as may hereafter be designated by the Common Coun cil. It shall be the duty of the Engineers, within Arc days after their appointment, to organize them selves into a Board or Engineers, a majority of whom shall form a quorum, and they shall make such rules and regulations for their own government as they may from time to time think advisable, not incon sistent with any of the city ordinances, and subject to the approval of the Common Council. The said Engineers shall he appointed by the Common Coun cil from time to time, and they shall hold their offices, respectively, during the pleasure of the Com mon Council. Bio. 2. All persons enlisted ss either members or officers of the lire department, shall receive a certifi cate, in the following words, viz: ThlK is to certify, that is appointed by the Com bob Council of the city of Newark, New .ler^ey, ? wa ter efthe Fire Department to be attached to ... ? Company No. ?. Dated ? A. JJ, ?. Registered in the clerk'* office. . Clerk C. 0. Chief Engineer. The clerk of the Common Council shall, on the Ant days of January and July in each year, respec tively, draw a warrant en the City Treasurer for an amount equal to one dollar for each certificate issued during the laet preceding six months, in favor of the Newark Fire Department Fund, said warrant to he countersigned by the Mayor. And it ahull be the duty of the City Treasurer, upon presentation of ?aid warrant, to pay to the treasurer of the said fund the amount named therein, and the said warrant toall he a sufficient voucher for the same. Bee. 3. it shall be the duty of the Chief Engineer and the Assistants, whenever a tire shall break out, to take proper measures that the several engines and other apparatus be arranged in the most advan tageous situations, and be duly worked for toe effec tual extinguishment of the lire; and it shall also be their duty to cause order to be observed in going to, working at, or returning from iires, and at all other tones when companies attached to the Fire Depart ment are on duty. 8ee. 4. The Chief Engineer, and in his absence, the Assistant Engineers, according to their rank and in their absence, the senior Foreman present, shall have the sole command at fires over all mem bers of the fire department, and shall direct all proper measures for the extinguishment of fires, protection of property, preservation of order, and observance of the tire laws, ordinances and regula tions. It shall also be the duty of the Chief Engi neer to examine weekly, or ofteuer if necessary, the engine honses, engines, hose, hooks, ladders, and other fire apparatus, and publio cisterns, and to keep in a book, or books, to be provided for that purpose, and to be kept in the office of the Clerk of she Common Council, or at such other place as the Common Council may direct, a record or the condi tion which said engine houses, engines, and other fire apparatus, shall he found upon such examina tion; and also to keep a record of all violations of the city ordinances relating to the fire department, and the extinguishing of fires; and to furnish week ly to the City Attorney a transcript of such violations, together with the name or names of the pereon or persons committing such violations, if any; and also to keep an accurate record of all the enlistments, transfers and resignations of firemen, as the same ?hall take place, from time t.o time, and when cer tificates are required by firemen, to furnish the same; alao to keep a record of all fires which may hap pen within the city, with the cans* thereof as near as can be ascertained, and the (description of the buildings destroyed or injured, the amount of in Joy resulting in each case, with the amonnt of in ?nance as near as may be ascertained, together with the names of the owners or occupants. It shall also fie the duty of the Chief Engineer, under the direc tion of the Committee on Fire and Water, to super intend in person and direct all ordinary repairs and work required to the engine honses, engines and all ether fire apparatus, and the construction and ereo tkm of any new engine honses, engines and all other fire apparatus which may be ordered to be built; to examine and certify all accounts for repairs ; and it dull also he his duty to report monthly to the Com mon Conncil, and oftener it required, the condition of flie engine honses, engines and other fire appara tus, and recommend such alterations and improve ments thererein as he may think necessary and pro per. 8xo. 6. No person shall be enlisted as a Fire War den or as a member of any company of the Fire De partment, unless he shall nave been recommended as x suitable person to be enlisted as a fireman by the Board of Engineers, who shall examine as to the qualifications of the applicants, as prescribed by Motion 30 of this ordinance. Sec. 6. Each of the companies formed and enlist ed by the Common Conncil shall be under the oon tool and direction of a foreman and one assistant, each of whom shall be nominated on the third Tuc > day in Jane, eighteen hnndred and flftv-faar, or as Hon thereafter as possible, and annually thereat, ox the second Monday in January, by the company to which they respectively belong, and be recom mended to the Common Conncil for appointment by the Board of Engineers, if they approve of the nomi nation: and any vacancies, when occurring, shall be filled hi like manner; and each of said companies, respectively, whenever a vacancy shall exist in its malts, shall nominate, for the consideration of the Board of Engineers, such respectable and proper persons as apply for membership in said company, or a sufficient number of the same to supply snch vacancy, and the Board of Engineers shall examine' ?aid candidates according to the requisitions herein prescribed, and, if they approve of the nomination, recommend them for enlistment to the Common Council; and in the event of the neglect or refusal of any company to nominate as aforesaid, the Boaid of Engineers shall recommend to the Common Conncil for appointment or enlistment, a suitable pemon or persons to supply said vacancy. Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the foremen of the respective companies to preserve order and disci pline at all times in their companies, and require and enforce strict compliance with the city ordi nances and the orders of the engineers. Bee. 8. It shall be the daty of the officers and the members of the respective companies, whenever a fire shall break ont in the city, or an alarm of fire ?hall be given, to repair forthwith to the house where their several engines, hooka and ladders, or other fire apparatus may be, and to convey said cn Ces, hooka and ladders, and other fire apparatus, is orderly a manner as possible, to or near the jlng?*-? the fire may be, and in conformity with file directions of the Chief or Assistant Engineers, to exert themselves in the most orderly manner pos sible, in working and managing the said engines, books, ladders and other fire apparatus, and in per forming any duty that they may he called upon to do by toe Engineer; and upon permission of the Chief or other Engineer, shall, in an orderly and quiet manner, return said engines and other fire ap paratus to their respective places of deposit; provided, that in the absence of ail engineers, such directions and permission may be given by the aenior foreman present. See. 9. No fire engine or other apparatus, during aay alarm of fire, or at any time, under any pretence whatever, shall be taken out of its honse, unless the foreman or assistant foreman, or one of the membeia of the company to which the same shall belong, ahaQ be present and consent thereto, under the puaalty or five dollars for every snch offence, to be forfeited and paid by, and recovered from, any and every person aiding and assisting in. or consenting to, the violation of any of toe provisions of this sec Bee. 10. The Fire Wardens, when attending fires, riiall be subject to the direction of the Chief and Assistant Engineers of the Fire Department. Bee. 11. There shall be appointed by the Common Council four Fire Wardens in each ward of the city, whose duty it shall be, immediately on toe alarm of fin, to repair to the place where it may be, and aid and assist In procuring supplies of water to such of lha fin engines as the Chief Engineer or his Assis tants any direct them; to have toe goods in danger of the lire carefully removed to some suitable place, and prevent their being purloined; to prevent all panuns, except snch as may belong to toe Fire De partment, or as toe said wardens may call to their assistance, from entering any house or bnllding on firs, or the one atDoining to U. It shall also be the duty of the said Fire Wardens to prevent the hose from being trad on, and to keep all the idle and sus pected persons at a proper distance from the fire and from the vicinity; and the citizens are hereby enjoined to comply with the orders and directions of the saiil Fire Wardens in the premises. Bee 12. The said Fire Wardens shall be formed lato a company, and shall be subject to the same vales and regulation, with regard to toe election of their Foreman, Assistant-Foreman and Clerk, and toe filling of vacancies among the officers and mem bers, as provided in sections fourteen and thirty-two of this ordinance, but none shall be nominated for Fire Wardens who have not served as firemen at least one year. And when on duty shall wear a hat with toe brim black, toe crown painted white, and the word "Warden" painted in front; and shall also carry a staff, of hlckonr or some other hard wood, with the wota " Warden" painted thereon?to be frirnished and owned by the city. Bee. 13. It shall be the duty of the said Fire War dens to examine dwelling houses and other buildings iu their respective wards, and also to examine fire places, hearths, stoves and the pipes thereto, ovens, boilers, kettles, and also all chemical apparatus which in their opinion may be dangerous in causing or promoting fires, and also the places where ashes ?? deposited; and it shall moreover be the duty ?? Ifie Fjre Wardens or either of them to enter into and examine aO bail dings, livery or other eteblee, end places where mj gunpowder, hemp, Ilex, tow, bay, rashes, firewood, bran da, shin glea, shavings, or other combustible materials, may be lodged. And if any occupant or owner of any dwelling objects to the said Wardens entering ana examining the eame, then the said Wardens may make oath before a police magistrate of the city, that he haa reason to believe that the aaid dwelling containa such materials, or such fixtures or arrangements aa create danger of fire?and such magiatrate may then issue his warrant authorising the aaid warden or any other warden or wardena to enter and examine the said dwelling?and on re ceiving the eaid warrant, the aaid warden or ward ena are required to proceed to the discharge of the dnties by this ordinance required. And upon find ing any of the dwellings, buildings, fire places or other matters or things wjich the aaid wardena are authorized to examine, defective or dangerous, they or either of them, shall direct the owner or occu pant, either by a printed or written notice, to alter, remove or amena the same, in such manner, and within such reasonable time as thev or either of them may deem necessary. And ir anything is found ia any of the said premises which it is deemed . necessary to remove, the said wardens or either of i tbem, shall give notice for the removal thereof? I and in case of neglect or refusal to comply with such notice, the party offending shall forfeit and pay five dollars, and for every day after the time allotted as aforesaid to alter, remove or amend the same, in conformity with the directions afore said, the party so offending shall forfeit and pay the further sum of one dollar; and all the expenses of any removal, alteration, or amendment as afore said, shall be paid in the first instance by the occu pant, but shall be chargeable against the owner of such dwelling honse or other building, and Bhall be deducted from the rent of the same, unless such ex pense he rendered necessary by the act or default of such occupant, or unless there be a special agree ment to the contrary between the parties Sec. 14. Every fireman recommended through the Board of Engineers as a suitable person to be ap pointed a fire warden, shall be at the time of such recommendation an actual resident and inhabitant of the ward for which such appointment is required to be made. And the said wardens so as aforesaid to be appointed, are hereby invested with all the powers of the manlials of the city while going to, attending and returning from any fire, and arc on such occasions and Buch times hereby constituted respectively marshals of the city for the purpose o preserving the peace, protecting property, and en forcing the ordinances of the city. Sec. 16. If any person having charge of an engine or other lire appaiatus, shall suffer or permit the same to be used at any time on a trial of skill, or of the power and capacity the machine, or for any other purpose than as provided for by the laws of the Common nncil, ne shall forfeit and pay the-sum of twenty-im ? dollars, and shall be liable also to be removed as a fireman ; and any and every peason aiding or assisting at any such trial of skill, or of Bio power and capacity of the machine, shall forfeit and pay a like sum of twenty-five dollars. Bee. 16. In case any engiue or other fire apparatus shall need any repair or other alteration, it shall be the duty of the person having charge of such engine or other fire apparatus, to forthwith report the same to the Chief Engineer; and ofcr person having charge as aforesaid, who shall make, suffer, or per mit to be made, any alteration of any engine or other fire apparatus, without the consent of the Chief Engineer, shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty five dollars, and be liable to be removed as a lire man. Bee. 17. Any person who may repair to a fire shall be obedient to tne orders of the Chief Engineer and Assistant Engineer, Mayor, or Chairman of the Committee on Fire and Water for the time being; and in the extinguishment of fires and the removal of property, if in the opinion of the Baid officers, or any of them, the emergency of the case shall require more help than can be rendered by the fire depart ment then present, it shall be lawful for the said officers, or any of them, to coll in the aid of the citizens or inhabitants present. Bee. 18. Any person who shall act or attempt to act as foreman or assistant foreman of any engine, how> or hook and ladder company, without being so appointed, shall, for each and every time he snail act or attempt to act, be liable to a fine of not less than five dollars, nor more than ten dollars; but such penalty shall not be incurred by any fireman who snail act as foreman or assistant foreman of the company of which he is a member, during the tem porary absence of the foreman or assistant foreman thereof. Bee. 19. Any person or persons who shall hinder or molest, or attempt to do any violence to, any fireman or any person having charge of a fire en gine or other fire apparatus, while going to, or re turning from any fire, or to any fireman or city offi cer while in the performance of their duties at a fire, shall, upon a conviction, forfeit and pay, as a penalty for each offence, a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail four days. Bee. 20. If any person or persons shall enter any engine, hook and ladder, hose, or depot house in the citv. in nrHftrtri on inJ.nw.4i.? " . ' , ; ? V* VSV?SVSV UUUBO 111 Hie city, in order to do an injury thereto, or to any of the apparatus for extinguishing fires, or shall injure or mutilate, at any time or place, any of the apparatus g'1'8 ^ ? ?nyof toe puhUc cutmig, nydrants, or fiie plugs, now constructed or to be constructed, or shall draw any water therefrom for uuj nobu lueivirum ior sides being uable for any such private injury, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined or Imprisoned, or Loth, at the discretion of the Conrt, provided the fine shall not exceed ten dollars, and imprisonment in the county fail not exceeding four days. Bee. 21. It shall be the duty of the foreman and assistants of each fire and hose company, and of the hook and ladder companies, to prevent their respect ive companies, when returning from fires, or from an alarm of fire, from nmning with their machines, and the members of any fire company, or hook and ladder company, are hereby required when return ing from fires, or from an alarm of fire, hot to draw any machine to which he or they may be attached, faster than by walking with the Bame, and if any member or members of the company Bliall violate this oidinance, said foreman or assistant foreman shall report such violation totho Board of Engineers, and the person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay a fiue not exceeding five dollars for each offence, and be liable to be re moved as a fireman; and any foreman or assistant who shall neglect to report any such violation, shall be liable to be removed as a fireman. Bee. 22. No person or persons, other than the mayor, aldermen, chief engineer or assistant en gineers, or such as are by tliem respectively invited, unless he or they be m< mbere of one of the fire com panies of the city, shall at any time enter any of the engine, hook and ladder, hose, or .depot houses, except when the Common Council may direct tiicra, or any of tbem, to be used for election pnrposes, without the permission of the foreman or assistant foreman, or person legally acting as each, having charge of men house ; and no fireman or firemen shall visit, come together or assemble in any fire engine, hook and ladder, htfse or depot home, on Sunday, except in case of an alarm of fire, and ex cepting also the steward, orsnch necessary persons whose duty it may be, and who Bhall have been selected by the company, to clean the apparatus when requiring attention on that day, amfexcTpT ing also the mayor, the members of the committee 0 .?v J , vWV omusiivso VI SUV VWUUlliblCe on fire and water of the Common Council for the time being, the engineers and such police offi cer as may be designated by any or either of them ; also the aldermen of the respective wards in which such engine houses may be located, for the only pnrpose of detecting and preventing any violation of tne city ordinances ; and every member violating this piovn-ion, or any part thereof, shall be fined, in the discretion of the magistrate before whom the conviction shall be had, provided that the fine shall not exceed twenty dollars, and also be liable to be removed as a fireman. Bee. 23. No fire engine, hose cart, or hook and ladder truck, shall, in going to or returning from any fire, or at any other time, be run, driven, wheel ed, or placed upon. the sidewalk of any street, the centre of which shall have been paved, except by permission of one of the Engineers, the Mayor, or one of the Aldermen, under tne penalty of twenty five dollars for each affence, to be forfeited and paid by every person aiding or assisting in, or consenting to, the violation of any one of the provisions of this section, and shall also be liable to be removed as fireman. It is hereby made the special dnty of the Chief Engineer and Assistant Engineers, and of the foremen and assistant foremen of companies, to re port to the Common Council, or to the City Attor ney, all violations of this section coming to their knowledge, and the nam* or names of the viola tors. Bee. 24. Any complaint made by any creditable party or parties, to the Mayor, or to the Fire and Water Committee of the Common Council for the time being, or any member of tl>e Common Council, for misdemeanor, breach of ordinance, or neglect of duty on the part of any fireman, as snch, shall be properly investigated by the Common Council, and upon conviction thereof such offender shall be fined or removed at the option of the Council, and any member complained of as above may be suspended until the same is determined. Sec. 26. No minor, nor any other person not a fireman, shall be permitted to enter any of the en gine, hook and ladder, hose or depot houses in this city, or to handle, meddle with, or disturb, any of the fire apparatus, and the parent or guardian of any minor or apprentice who shall violate any of the provisions of this section, shall forfeit and pay a sum not to exceed five dollars for each offence so committed by snch minor or apprentice; and any foreman or assistant, or any member of any compa " nun ' ny, who shall permit any minor to enter any engine, hock and ladder, hose or depot bouse under his charge, or to handle, meddle with, or disturb any of the fire apparatus nnder his charge, shall forfeit and pay a like sum of five dollars. Bee. 26. No person or persons shall raise, create or continue a false alarm of fire under a penalty of twentv-flve dollars, or of imprisonment not exceed ing four dsya, or both, at tbf discretion of the ?Vri5Kt ~c?t k>t, yard or are., within said city, befween sindown end ranriae, under>iyg ?* ?-*<>*#dinc twenty-five dollars. Whenever, la tnc SSS of the ?htef Engineer, or the Common Council, there in reason to suppose that a fire has been occasioned by design, It shall be lawful for the Mayor to offer such reward for the discovery and ap prehension of the incendiary, as in his opinion may be advhable, to be paid on the conviction of sucn person or persons so offending. Bee. 27. The city marshals, under a penalty or two dollars for every neglect so to do, without an excuse satisfactory to the Mayor, shall attend all fires for the piotection and preservation of proper tv and prevent, to the best of the?r ability, any goods or merchandise from being carried away, un less it be by the owner or by his authority ; and the Mayor, or any two Aldermen, or the Chief Engi neer, may, at their discretion, employ any responsi ble or reputable perron to watch the fire after tne engines have left the place of danger. Bee. 28. The captains of the watch shall always have the names and places of residence of the Cniet Engineer, Assistant Engineers, foremen and assist ant a of fiie companies, posted up in a con^P'?",^ place in the watch house; and,whenever a fiie shall Cprcn at night, it shall be the duty of the watch nun immediately to give notice thereof to the Chief Engineer, Assistant Engineers, foremen and as sistants tf fire companies?also, as far as practica ^Bec! 2af No person shall become a member of the Fire Eepartmcnt unless he promises to perform the duties of fireman as prescribed by the fire ordi nances of the Common Council; nor i-hail any per son become a member of the Fire Department, ex cept such persons as are now members of said de railment, unless he be a legal voter; nor shall any l eiEon receive compensation as a tireman, except the Chief Engineer, unless he lias faithfully served as such at least six months; and the term or enlist ment of all firemen shall be during the pleasure ot the Common Council. Bee. 30. There shall hereafter be erected a suit ul le building, at some proper place, located near the centre of the city, for the purpose of a geucral depot and place where all fiie apparatus, not required tor immediate ufc, ahull be kept, and shall be under the diicction of the Chief Engineer. Every enginesha be provided with eight hundred feet of hose, and shall always carry and have attached toit four hun dred feet, and the other four hundred feet shall be at the general depot; and whenever any hose shall become dirty, or otherwise uced repair, by reason of use at any lire, the Chief Engineer shall cause the mme. after it has been returned to the engine house, tale taken to the depot house, and to restore to Fsid engine house other hose in the place of that ^'ec.Ty6n the return of said engines and other fire apparatus, they shall, by the Btewurds or said ctinpaiiy respectively, be well washed, cleansed, oiled, and securely housed. . , , Bee. 32. Each company shall appoint a steward and al.o a clerk. The steward shall be released from performing duty in Mme of fire, J"'1 fl'? ' _ thereof take charge ot and keep in order the fire_ ap paratus, houee and so forth, of the company of which he is a member, and elear.uway the snow from the sidewalk in front of the engine house, and sec that the engine and apparatus are ready for immediate use. The clerk shall keep a correct list of the ap pointments, transfers, regulations, attendance at fires, and so forth, of his company, and all other matters relating thereto, and* make, from time to time, reports to the Chief Engineer, as he may re q"sec. 33. No company shall be allowed to Impose fines upffh its members; but it shall be the duty of the clerk of each company to enter in therolltwok piovidcd by the city, all absences and tardiness of each officer and member of said company, iind to make a monthly return of the same to the Board or Engineers, and for every absence or tardiness, ex cept in case of sickness, death in the family, or ab sence from the city, there shall be deducted from the pay of. such officer or member such sum, not exceeding one dollar, as the said Board may order and determine. And ir any officer or member shall have been absent or tardy at more than one third of the files, or alarms of flre, except for tne causes above named, during any consecutive three months, such absences or tardiness shall be consi dered good cause for bis discharge from the depart ment if they exceed five; and for neglect to perform the duties required by this section and section thirty three, said clerk may be removed as a fireman, and he shall also he liable to a fine not exceeding twenty five dollars. . Bee. 34. Any firefr.an who, in consequence of hick ness, may be unable to perform the duties requir ed, or who may wish to be absent from the city for a period of ten days or more, may furnish a satisfac tory substitute to the Chief Engineer and the fore men of his company. Fee. 35. Any person or persons who shall, during a fire, or at any other time, drive a cart, wagon or other vehicle over any hose, or who shall in any manner wilfully injure any of the fire apparatus shall be liable to a fine ol not less than ouo dolla. nor more than twenty-five dollars. Bee. 3G. The Chief Engineer shall, when on duty , wear a cap painted white, with a gilded front ana a fire engine euiblaroned thereon, and the worey Kf convenient for him to procure ^ cap); he nha.ll also carry a speaking trumpet painted wliite, and the Asaistant EUee? ah.H w?m aimifer c.ps nn.i carrv trumpets with the words Engineer, flo. 1 2,3, 4," respectively, painted thereon, (provided it may be convenient for them to procure thei ?ud caps); and the Foremen and Aw^, ?JJr stallar tiers of the several companies, shall wear similar caps, painted black, with appropriate words and figures thereon, designating the company to which tPov are attached ; and the Board of Engineers thaTl prescribe some other badge to be worn by En gineers; Firemen, or Wardens, when attending duty without being able to procure the cap herein * 'Bee.*37^ The Treasurer of the city shall pay to each of the firemen enlisted under the proviaiouK of this act, except to the Fire Wardenswhdchecon. tinucs and remains a fireman, at theexpiration ql cvciy six months, the sum of fifteen dol ars, and ttf the clerk of each company twenty dollars, said payments to be made upon the certlU^,?f the CL:ef Engireer, that the person appljing [or Uie name Las l'mly and faithi unperformed his[duga? fireman for the preceding six:????.^ The Trea, surer shall pay to each oi the AatnUnt Engineers twenty-five dollars at the end of every six months, and to the Chief Engineer, who shall devote his whole time and attention to the interests of she r ire Department, eight hundred dollars per year, i ay able quai teriy; and the steward of each company shall receive, in addition to his compensation as fire man, the further sum of twenty dollars every six months; and every person eerrfng nnder this ordi nance as fireman, engineer, aeaihtaut cng neer, for* man, assistant foreman, or warden. ehall have the advantages of all the exemptions and privileged pro vided in their behalf by the city diarterMdlts sup plements; and any person who baa hitherto served as fireman in the city of Newark, if made a member of the department, shall on hia application for ? C<J tificate.ss an exempt fireman, be allowed for ali o time he has served heretofore as a fireman of this city according to the then existing laws. Bcc. 38. Any member of an* company who ahall neglect or refuse to comply wifli the several provi sions or requirements or tnis ordinance ?^ve speci fied, and to which no penalty ia attached, or who shall be guilty of any riotous or diiorderly conduct while engaged in his duty as fireman, "hall forfeit and pay a sum not ?eeeding twenty-flvedollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail fora ported not exceeding fowr days; and any member of any are "Swot who shall neglect or reftase to eomplj'with the several requirementaof this act, or shall be guilty of any riotous or dit orderly conduct as aforesaid, shall abo be liable to be removed as a fireman, wid forfeit the compensation then duo to him aa such ^Bec^SS. The Committee of the Common Councl on Fire and Water, for thfc time being, are author ized to divide the city into as many districts as they may deem expedient, and to make suitable regula tions for the ringing of the alarm bell or bells on tho breaking out of afire; and no engine shall be re quired to leave the district in which it is located, unless a general alarm is rung. , =ec. 40. It shall be the duty of the Tre??rev.of the city of Newark to pay or cause to be paid to tne Treasurer of the Newhrk Fire Department all such sums of money as may be received by him, accruing fn m fines or penalties incurred for any violation of this ordinance. And it shall so be the duty of the Treasurer to take a voucher specifying the amount received, by whom incurred, and when collected. for each snd every such payment, made in compliance with the first section of this ordinance; which said voucher or vouchers shall be allowed the Treasurer of the city in the settlement of his accounts with the city as such Treasurer. , . .. ... Pec. 41. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed; and1 the Common Council are authorised by resolution to dhland any company or companies now existing under the ordinance or the same title as thu act, passed August 10th, 1836, and the aeveral supple ments thereto. Tim Onto Bakx Tax Law to n> Declared Ukcokptitutiokal?The Cincinnati Columbian aaya:?Although the decision of thin cane has not been formally announced, we arc informed by one of the counsel that the opinion of the court is form ed and generally understood among the parties in terested. The decision la that the law ia unconsti tutional, three of the judgea differing on minor pointaonly. If this intelligence ia true, which we nave no reaaon to doubt, tliia much vexed question may be regarded aa settled, fully and iinally, be yond the iear of reaurrection. After the lit of July it will not be lawful to erect a home in Philadelphia, for a dwelling, without a yard In ita rear covering at leaat thirty square feet of an area, and with a separata well built cteepoel. AMMaty to Mm Tallin . iMDM Of m JWti TO TBS OHM PATRIOTS. Biotiiu On the 23d day ef March Mat, the Siten of Spain issued a general amnesty in favor of oee who nave been connected with the plans for liberating our country, the complete execution of which wm left to the discretion of the Captain-Ge neral of the inland. Thle offlcer has removed that obstacle,granting to all, without distinction, tho liberty to return to the bosom of their families; and it does not comport with the positions of those who sign this address, to remain silent in respect to a measure whose only object is to arrest the marsh of the revolution, ana which has only been dictated under the force of circumstances. When we pledged our fortunes, our lives and onr honor to the regeneration of Cuba.?when we came to continue, in sad exile, our labors for freedom, we did not act under the impulse of personal interest, nor of error, nor of passion, but only of that of a ' love for the noble cause of the emancipation of our country. It is not a personal question to the poll- j tical refugees: it is a question of principles, oi tho rights of the people of Cubs; it is a question of her political exlbtence, of her social welfare, and of her future being. Has the straggle ended? No, for it has hardly been begun ; the blood of our martyrs has been slicd, and we have sworn to continue to the death or to victory. The amnesties of despots are but means for contin uing and consolidating their gloomy policy, blasphe mously masked with the name of clemency, and they hove but ono opportune moment, when the triumph of the oppressor lias put an end to every aspiration for frecoom. In sucu a moment the certainty of power may afford to the tyrant the mask of benig nity. The amnesty which the Queen of Spain tevday cot cedes to us, when she is Bervilely begging from Europe treaties whieh shall assure to her the pos tession of her escaping prey, and when the people of Cuba anxiously wait, with renewed hopes, for the moment when they shall fly to arms to continue the struggle unto victory, it ia a political anchoriBm, a sovereign fear to exhibit this ridiculous ostcuta t on of disputed power, and this forced magnanimi ty, compelled by the circumstances of the position in which its allies stand in reference to the existing qcet tiona in America. ... It is some time since the Court of Spain had enter tained the idea of an Rinuesty to the persecuted par tisans of Cuba. The system of terror which it has never abandoned, end its constant expectation of an immediate revolution in the island, it is well known, led it to abandon entirely this project, and it had been consigned to f< rgetfulneeg, when on the return to Madrid of Scnor isburiz, the Spanish Minister to England, it was revived and earned out, at the sug gest, or, doubtless, of tlic Courts of London and ra ils, after the dccluratiou of war with Russia. At this time, which seems to have been the act of Providence for the redemption of Cuba, the amnesty is the result of tl.e exigencies of the moment, and ia a palliative to delay the revolution in Cuba for tho evident purpose of avoiding the complicated pres sure of the day by the lapse or time. But the revo lution 1h inevitabie, and Cuba will be free. Who, with such hopes, will not resist a desire to enjoy, under oppressions, the delights of the fatherland t But what fatherland ? llow have wo left it ? How is it to be returned to us? The naked earth, a scene of tyranny that lias no parallel in America; a community that is the antithesis of nil its neighbor ing communities! We loft it enslaved, but at heart with edhie appearance of stability; to-day we are recalled that we may be passive spectators of the change of its social condition, tho loss of all its hones, and the consummation of its rnin. Yes, brothers, that Queen who is said to be in clined to clemency, and full of kindness and of love for the people of Cuba, not content with having transformed our beautiful country into a mansion of horror by the despotism of her government, and the rapacity of her agents, has signed already the de cree of onr extermination in the extern of African apprenticeship, which has been established asi the first step of a policy that must shake the constitution of our social system to its centre, or reduce Cuba to the present condition of Jamaica, if the revolution docs not intervene to save her. The patriots of Cuba have labored hitherto with abundant right and reason to attain political freedom; from this time foith, the question is one of life or death, while at the same time, that government which tlins con demning us to misery, and in the end, to the domi nation of the most degraded savages, tells us we arc pardoned. Wliat derision! What scorn! And docs it truly pardon na? Will it forget an enmity which has not ceased, and whose continuance menaces it with the loss of the most precious jewel of the crown of Castile? Unhappy lie who believes . it! This amnesty is a cheat set for the incautious to ( make tbem victims of an insiduous craft. The want of good faith in the Spanish government is proved in [ history. Open only the history of the revolution or her colonies on this continent, and sec how the false i hoods of the Spanish chiefs forced tho leaders of the peu lc to demand that capitulations should be sworn upon the altars of the Omnipotent in presence of the Iloly Sacrament; and stUl the pledges were ^ AUlie point which we have reached, the govern ment, exhausting the fecundingeniousncss of do^po titm, and the people drinking the drcgRof the hitter cup of suffering, no accommodation is possible. No amnesty now, nor even freedom itself, at the hands ctu citfuv-ima-VWuu. WvnnB'we tnriW prepare to achieve by conquest this greatest good or civilized rath ns, after eo many noble efforts, so many gene lous sacrifices, when the moment approaches for the revolution to burst forth in its strength and to tri umph, our banishment is more sweet through the hope of freedom; and the amnesty which opens to ub the portals of Cuba, will now prove to onr tyrants that its exiles of yesterday are to-day seir-exiles, until the end of their misuion and tho fulfilment of their plighted faith. Caspar Betancottrt Cisnkros, DoUINOO DB GoiCORtA, Jose Eliah Hernandez, PoRrraio Valiensb. New Orleans, May 9th, 1854. Three Utm Lost?Vessel Plcbed Wp. We are indebted to Joel Hood, of this city, who returned yesterday morning from Grand Traverse Cay, Michigan, in the schooner Kitty Grant, for the following tacts relative to tho picking up of a cap sized vessel in Lake Michigan,between the Manilon blonds and the main land of Michigan. The Kilty Grant encountered very heavy weather after leav ing the bay, and, although the boat was aeen for some time, it was not until Friday, at about seven 1*. M., that it was picked op. The fails were set, shewing that it had been capsized in the gale. It pioved to be a small craft belonging to J. Miller, of Grai d Traverse, and left Dougherty's Mission on Thursday morning, for Carp Bay. it would seem that there were three persons on board, bound for that place, one or all of whom were looking up go vernment lards. The craft must have capsized on Tbuisday. How long the unfortunate passcngora clung to the bottom, no one was left to tell; but there la written on the side out of the water the fol lowing words, part quite plain, and part almost il legible:? Tf our report should be found, it should be sent to (illegible) Dixon county, 111.?H. 8. Bushnell. John J. Miller wss capsized yesterday. (Here follow obliterated.) John 8. Miller?three several lines almost i parsengers (so we read this last, though some think it Is s name something like Thomas Bush) Louis Larsen. The above words are written across the planks on the bulwarks. On the bottom planks Is written the following:? Whoever find* this beat, J. Miller, master, (a word Illegible,) Intelligence to my wife, 110.42, 1,100 and 42 dollars and 60 cents laaheu to this boat. H. 8. Bush n< II, Dlxoa, Lea eo , Illinois. The vet ael was brought to this city by Captain Johnson, of the Kitty Grant. No money, or any thing which seemed to have contained any money was found, and it ia probable that the property wa in a carpet bag lashed to some part of the boat, an torn away by the violent motion given by the gale Miluavkie Sentinel, May 11. .Almost a Row at Wobomtkr?Gabriel an ma Hobm?Quite an excitement was created i Worcester on Thursday evening, by the rc-uppea ar.ee of J. 8. Orr, alias the "Angel Gabriel," wh was released from durance a few days before on condition of leaving the city. He blew his horn and collected a crewdjbut the police promptly conduc ed him to the watch-house, whither tne multitude followed with boisterous demonstrations, and a stone was thrown through the police office window. At tbis juncture, says tne Spy, a rash was made to the Common, where Dexter F. Parker, in a flaming speech, denounced the city authorities, and exhort ed the crowd to be on hand in the morning to at tend to the hearing of a writ of habeas corpus for the rescue of Orr. Then, by way of variety, the rioters gave three groans for the Mayor, four for the city manhal, and as many more for the Pope. One or two other harangues of aim lar import were made at other point* in the vicinity, and as the ex citement increased, the crowd refusing to disperse, the riot act was then read by the Mayor; but this having no effect, several arrest* were made. Find it g hie authority ret at defiance, and the assem blage disposed to dispute the ground with the police, the Mayor ordered out the City Guard abont half part nine. They were soon on the ground, armed ai d equipped for service, and loaded their pieces with l all cartridges, in presence of the crow?L who were again reouet-ted to disperse. Declining to do so, the p'lire, beaded by city marabal Baker and bigh sheriff Richardson, made eight or ten more ar rests, dmlng which sheriff Richardson received a revue blow upon the head with a stone, froui a man whom he elvllly rennet ted to go hmne. No other disturbance occurred; and on Friday morning Orr was flned 96 snd costs, which wa* promptly paid by bis sympathising friends, wherenpon he mi grated to th|a city. Order was Anally restored about midnight; but tho military were quartered at the City Hall for the night?Stn ingMd Hejmbiican, May 20. The village of Hyacinths, lower r?n*<3?, wm almost wholly destroyed by Ore o? Wedotadey lset. In [OorrMpendene* of the Now Orleans Pietyune.] Jiurt, May 4,1864. Ton know that I visited Tampieo and Vera Cruz, (the two principal porta,) but you can hardly form an idea of the general disgust with which merchants look npon the actual state of things?because they ate plundered right and left. Now, inind, there is not a class of people that went in for Santa Anna, heart and soul, like these met chants; although, the greatest part being for eigners, they have nothing but an indirect influence. That Santa Anna is not letter than his prede cessors you may learn from the facta disclosed in the enclosed documents, which are authentic, being bunded to me at Tampieo by respectable merchants. Now, Is it not strange that Avalos, who only pro claimed such an exceptional tariff at Matamoros, should Le u close prisoner in the fort of Ullua, when such things us a separate tariff in one port are done by the general government? But this is not the worst; and if you read in tho papers of violence and robberies committed upon toieigners, and principally on Americans, do not for a moment believe that they are exaggerated, if given by resectable people, because it passes all belief that such robberies should be permitted or tolerated, even in a semi-civilized country. Yon can hardly bring any invoice where the petty officers of the custom house do not find a flaw, and confiscate the goods, with or without a reason. Import an article of silk and cotton mixed, for which mixture a duty is appointed, and they will say that there is very little cotton in it, and that it must pay as silk; you remonstrate against it, and the judge declares that such was not the meaning, but that having so little cotton the declaration was false, and, far from paying as pure silk, the article must be confiscated. You import three bales of cinnamon, with two small bales each, and you state five bales, with so many rounds; they fine you $1,000 for the double bales, because such an article is contained in the tariff; not amongst the rules laid down for tho ship pers, hut amongst those prescribed for the con signees. it is of no avail that yon go one month before the vessel's arrival and make your statements ; they won't listen to you, hut say that you must submit or appeal to the government. The reason is obvious. The Visitor, the Collector, the Attorney General, all get a share, and so you are condemned. If you appeal, be sure sentence is confiimcd. Hence it arises that people are afraid of order ing any goods, and notwithstanding bombastic statements in the papers, as far us I could learn, it is well proved tnut tho custom houses will not yield a third part of what they brought laat year. Of courre they say that contraband is stopped on the Pacific coast, hut the above documents will show yon wbat facilities arc given, and as the interna tional duties are ridiculously high, of coarse goods remain in Mcyno unsold for twelve months and more. Tulk of a captain shipwrecked and imprisoned at Ccatzuconlcos, which is nothing to the outrages and robberies committed in the custom house of Vera Cruz. You may rest assured that if Santa Anna knew only the tenth port of these proceedings, he would soon nut a stop to it, and hang the perpetrators, who injure the interests of the country to ail im rr.enrc degree, just for the sake of enriching them selves. If the press were not chained down, a great many things would have been published, principally against the custom house robberies of the Atlantic coast; but such a thing could not be thought of; and as for seeing the President, you might wait a mouth (even when being in the capital) without having a chance of it. In the hope that the Gadsden treaty may be rati fied, some bankers are advancing money to the gov ernment, and in order to be able to sell their bills to the merchants they have stipulated the conuition that the duty on money, for coming down from the interior, be raised ftom two to fonr per cent; which measure no doubt will be carried, causing a heavy loss to the merchants who made all their transac tions for the last eight months, as I am told, calcu lating only on two per cent. This, however, is a small item where lots of thou sands of dollars are confiscated under the moat pal tiy plea. I liave beard much talk about tho navigation act, but don't exactly understand it. All, however, even Mexicans, declare it to be a monstrosity. Fo much is fuic, tliut if Uncle Sam docs not send out the old general again, or somebody of his talents, Gcd known wbat may become of the commercial interests of this country, because outrage- are com mitted everywhere, and the authorities don't care to let the just claims accumulate, as they know that there is a provision made in the treaty for settle ment, and that tbey have not to pay, but the.United States. 1 could fill many pages relating all the wrong which people c< mplniu of, but as I know that the U. 8. l egation keeps the government at Washing ton inicimed of allot' them, I consider it unnecessary, and dare say they will look to it. Mr. C'ripps, who Is now the acting Charge D'AT fnirs, does all in his power for the American inter est; ; i o does Col. Pickett, the Consul at Vera Cruz, and 1 have heard yjaJyj&lv ar^uF'tlnt he w ill not stay long, because with our consular sys tem, where no salary is allowed, of course his fees cannot half uuy his expenses. This was the leason why, formerly, tho consulate passed liom one clerk to another, and was nover at trrded to; and that is what merchants complained of meet bitterly. BiUHOin in Alabama.?Since tho whistling of prire, and a long experience has taught the planters of Alabama the cost and trouble of conveying their produce to market, a commendable spirit of internal improvement seems to have arisen in nearly every part of the State, looking principally to railroads as tho most advantageous to the necessities of the Country. The consemicnce tvas, a llood of railroad charters mere granted by the last Legislature, which roads, if built, would cover the Htute with a perfect net-work. But it is easier to build the roads on pa per thun on the earth, and wo venture to predict lhat lew of those chartered will ever be built, unless seme aid isofTcicd to them by the State, as was pionored by the last Legislature. That the majority hi tl.e Legislature, who opposed and defeated the schemes of the State loaning its bonds for the as sistance of the dilFeicnt milroadsproposed, acted wisely, wc think can he teen by the following rough estimate we have made:? Charters for fourteen new and different railroads were granted by the last Legislature, and tho char ters of eight others amended. The fourteen new roods are the following:? The Noitheast and Southwest, from Some point on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, by Livingston and Tuscaloosa and through the northeast port of the 8tstc towards Knoxville, Tennessee. The Tennessee and Alabama Central railroad, fr< m Montevallo north in the direction of Nashville. The Greensboro' and Uniuntown road. The South and North Alabama road, from Mont gomery to Gunteraville. The Wctumpkaand Montavallo road. The East and West railroad, from Girard to Selma The Northwestern road from Hclma to Intersect the Memphis and Charleston road at some point in Mississit pi. Tbe Western Railroad from Montgomery to the Mississippi hue. The Alabama and East Tennessee road from Jacksonville northeast to tbe State line. The Selma and Mobile road from Selma to some point on the Girard and Mobile road. The Heard's Bluff and Elyton road. ThcOpelika and Talladega road. The West Point and Tennessee road from West Point to the Charleston and Memphis road. Tbe Greenville road from Greenville to some point on the Girard railroad. The following aie the eight whose charters were amended :? The Alabama and Florida road from Montgomery to Pensacola. The Gainesville and Mississippi road. The Tennessee and Noxubee road. The Mobile and New Orleans road. The Girard and Mobile road. The Marion and Alabama river road. The Lafayette branch road from f-afayette to Orelikit. The Coosa and Cbettcoga road. We have estimated roughly the aggregate length of the above nami d roads, snd some others In pnv gress not named, to be about 2.400 miles- The aid sought for and a< tnally proposed by a bill being in troduced, was, that the State should issue ite bonds to the amount of 18,000 per mile to a 1 the ro-.d* This would have amounted to the nice sum ot (19,200,000, and the total cost of the rood* would be aa much more. The manner by which it was pro posed to extend the aid of the State to the twilroads was that the State should loan the roads it-* bonds to the amount oi (*,<'<*> P?r mile, taking from the roadn certain securities which it was thought wonld save the State from any low Now let our readers suppose that all these roads were built, w.th tho assistance furnished by the Rate In the manner specified?their cost being be tween #86,000,000 and 140,000,000?fully stocked, in c< mplete running order, and the steam up re.ady to rend the care whirling in every direction over mountain and valley. Tho engine might whistle until it was hoarse before freight and passengers cnongh would come to pay the current expenses of ilie rends and tl.e legal interest on their cost. Cere tain insolvency would lie the fate of at least half of them, and an almost total loss to the State of the amount loaned to tbem. The credit of the State would be left hi about as wt k a condition as it was a year ago, when we were on the eve of repudiating the debt treated for tbe banks. We think the refusal of the Legl latnre to pass tl nt bill war one of the wise things it fhfitttr* 7<^y7~ " rnuaae'p|1??. " Which the M1o!^4 Orj'tiiPiruiniiirmi, Wilkiwotob asdBaltimobb> 3 r.L awt "? ^^SJJ^'SSiSysiiiglS preputed by the MmUt ^r7 *i "J' *"d 10 Pr*??nt 10 them All the itatiA tlc? in relation to the subject. ??a?s A general meeting of the representative* of rail road companies in the United States, convened at Barnum 8 Hotel, in the city of Baltimore, at 11 o'clock A. M., this day, the 19th May. 185A On motion of W. G. Harrison, Esq., Thomas Swann Esq. President of the North-western Vir Kinia. liailroad Company was called to the chair, and Robert 8. Holiins, 't reasurer of the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Company, and John H? ?'t"mKportat,on of ? Baltimore taries 0 Company were appointed Secre After the organization, the following representa tives were reported:? * * Samuel M. Felton, Enoch Pratt, J. C. Groome, J. Wllmtagum EdgarThompson, Pennsylvania B. R. Co. bullivan, Central Ohio R. R. Co. wA;fteTei.'"' C?n?.den 4nd Amboy R. R. Co, R Co Alexunder-Philadelphia* and Treaton R. Ja' JeTK7 ^ R-*nd Transport. Co. w* h" fcl 'bt rger, Hanover Branch R. R. Co. 7. 'New York Central R. R. Co. Russell Huge, New York and Erie do. Nathau Ruj.dull, Hudson River do. *" , Tioy and lioston do. Williuni G. Harrison, John H. Done. C. M. Kcv ser, Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co. a GJVV- ?"*??.!**? M:l?raw- J-P-Kennedy, S. H. lagart, Robert S. Holiins, Baltimore and Sus quehanna R. R. Co. Alexander Me Itae, Wilmington and Raleigh R. Re Co. ' Dr. ^Villiam Collins, Seaboard and Roanoko Ii. R. Co. n ? i* Flcuimin?- Wilmington and Manchester it. it. Co. Thomas Swann, C. 0. Donnell,Northwestern, Va.. K. F. Co. ' Edwin Robinron, Richmond, Fred, and Potomac, and roads south to W ilmington. Judge Warren, Boston and Providence R. R. Ctx Jofenb Grinr.cll, New Bedford and Taonton R. R. Co. Inman Horner, Orange and Alex. R. R. Geo. D. Phelps, Delaware and Lackuwana. The Convention being then fnlly organized, un motion of Col. Geo. W. Hughes, tt woo Resolved, That a general committee of one from en< h railroad company represented at this meeting be appointed by the ohalr to prepare business for the convention, and to report as early as practicable. On motion of Mr. Randall, it was Resolved, 1 hat the President of the convention be chnirmun of the General Committee. The President then announced the committee re follows:? Russell Sage, New York and Erie. P. M. Felton, Philadelphia and Wilmington. W. G. Harrison, Baltimore and Ohio. J. Edgar Thompson, Pennsylvania Centra). Nathan Randall, New York Central. E. A. Stevens, Camden and Amboy. W. P. Alexander, Philadelphia and Trenton. J. P. Jackson, New Jersey Railroad and Trans portation Company. A. W. Eicbelberger, Hanover Branch. J. W. Sullivan, Central Ohio. G. W. Hughes, Baltimore and Susquehanna. A. Mc.Fae, WilmlDgton and Raleigh. Dr. W. S. Collins, Sea Board and Roanoke. L. J. Fleming, Wilmington and Manchester. Edwin Robinson, Richmond, Fred, and Potomac. Judge Warren, Boston and Providence. Joftph Grinntll, New Bedford and Tuunton. Irman Homer, Orange and Alexandria. G. P. Phelps, Delaware and Lackawona. Ti c committee having retired the convention ad journed until six o'clock. Sjx o'clock?1 he convention, having re-amem b'.rd, the chairmen of the committee reported tho following preamble and resolutions, which, after fall discussion, were unanimously adopted: Wbcicos, a recommendation has been made hi Congiess, to reduce the pay heretofore allowed t* ruilicud companies for the transportation of thu mi ils upon the ir respective routes, by an attempt ttf c-htel lit Ii a rate of compensation wholly inadequatu to the magnitude and nature of the service per formed; and whereas, the leading railroad interest* in the United States, by a tacit acquiescence in tha views of the l'ost tittle Department, might cricour a;-o a favorable response on the part of Congress, and thereby greatly embarrass the mail service of U e country?a responsibility which they are not willing to assume. Therefore, h- T!iat t,ie vari()Ui railroads reprarentcd . ' f?^cr' n under any circiirmtanccs, rattoUt h,e.l,eTHn" aU'd b7 the l>cmt <)fflce ?*> rit'/rt ?' A i in Vl pending in Congress, en titled A bill to modify the 19tli section of the act raihrdTmpaSS.'''COnC<rD,Ug th? of ,lt tbe rate ?' compensation hereto fore allowed under existing laws, said laws having been ^ed at a period wtien the s^TrJSSfif rous and expensive Ihkn mt'ffWcimfa k4#W adequate compensation for tho present seirit* JX ought not to be submitted to by said railroad com panies longer than they can show to the department tLc value und extent ol the service rendered by said railroad companies, with any hops of even nartUlv compensating the stockholders intcrSPtoS5 rOQ<30. u Resolved That in order to show tho entire wil hngnesH of the companies represented in this con vention to unite with the department In any wlmh may tend to a fair and equitable understand ing of the claims of snfd railroad companies, either in regard to classification or any other matter likelv ticnfbe?tw?enathf n? ')rincil,le or r'ite ?r corapensa* tioni bit*ten tlie i>pHriau?nt an^i any of said com paniep. Uiider f'Aibting lawn, a commiKsion of thntn disinterested umpires shall be appointed, one b?tho Governor or the State within which the election ? Directors ot said road is held ; <>ne bv the FW Office Department, "and the third by sJd RailrmS Company ; said commission to have the nower decide upon nil matters in dispute, provided AS matters be adjudgcu as within the limits of existtn* laws regulating the tiny of Railroad Companies Resolved further, i'hat a Committee of hve be a? Sointed, whose duty it shall be at the earliest prac cublc moment to embody in a memorial the spirit of the resolution herewith submitted, and la em brace in such memorial any argument and Ulaetrt tion calculated to impress upon Congreae and UK public the inadequate compensation allowed undt existing laws to the railroad interest generally. Resolved, That the companies represented in thV convention pledge themselves to carry oat in goal faith the object and spirit of these resolutions. The resolutions having been adopted nn?n?m?* ly, on motion of Mr. Thomson, it was Resolved, Ibat the committee to memorlaltoe Congress consist of seven, and that John P. King, President of the Georgia Railroad Company, be ap pointed a member thereof. On motion of Mr. Done, it was Resolved, That the reporters of the press have a^ cento the proceedings of this convention. The President of the convention then announced the names of the following gentlemen to compose the committee to prepare the memorial to Congress ?a motion having been previously adopted that the President of the convention should be the chair man of the committee :? Nathan Randall, New York Central. J. Edgar Tbomitson, Pennsylvania Central. S. M. Felt.in, Pnlladelphiaand Baltimore. Geo. W. Hcwes, Baltimore and 8u?u"*i>?aii?. John H. Done, Baltimore ?n<| OtifO. John P. King, Georgia Railroad Company. Remarkable ??emiaea Of the meteor vhlch wu obarrod all throngh Indiana, and w*?t totbe MiMlxiippt rleer, tbtOnatfl*i?t?w ?4 haa the following deecrlpUop . . On Friday e?r"<-o minotea after madeira, an immen" meteor waa obe-reed "hooting from a point rJ .lo.ot atity degree# a bore tba horiaoa, and tan 4? grtea weat of nnrtb. toward# the horiaoa. la aboet a tec end of time, it fall through aoma thirty dagrna or mora, lea ring an intensely bright track of Mne through* tba whole "pare, which bated a accond or muea after thaa apjarfnt explosion of the meteor. The axpioaion art* [.enrol like that of a rocket, scattering a great maxy Leila of Cie. From the point of eiploeion, along the |he trar?r?ed by ibe meUor. waa left a denaa vapor, at frah of ap|*r< nt great heat, bat gradually changing, aa V by cooling, into a white amok#. Ihte auwak of white rapor or atneke, after remaining acme ten mine tea, <brt?* which it awayed into a tigaag. aejMratad from the maaa of vapor loft around tho point of oxplodoa, and gradu ally coiling Into a e.ireubr form, floatad away to the Diemaaaof va[ or around the [olot of axpioaion, , rated appatentiy over acme eight or ton degree*, arouxxt' ita outward edga, aaeming, In a few minntoa after the em kloahn, white, but toward the centre like a dial flu ear tbo ci rtre of the point of explosion, could ha <w covered a point nf Inunae fire, and to tba eastward1! thla, Ha ling flamea This apparent burning y ' mov ed toward tbr enat with such rapidity that He lion could readily bo diecovered by the eyo. Tho a of vaprr around the point of exp ? ? >n wna visible about half an hoar, when It, with tho burning pain I dieeppearod. The maaa of vapor that had eollad fteelf ol f.. m the point of exploaron to near tho point of 4,J starting of the meteor, waa rislblo for a much loa time. Tlero waa no nolaa accompanying tho wxptaatea. There are now four hundred and ninety tlx WPlhlhi in the Mate j>rison at ChaxltaVowD.