New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-17

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May l5....-.-.--.4S III
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ANOTHER IrEM.-Some days since, q
hack driver was fned (and paid down the money for
ch.rsnr more than the legal fare for carrying passca-
Ger 10 a house uptown We thought at tue time that
possibly Alderman Peck, or Brown, or Haley, or Tar
or Brisley or Wells Doherty, or some osner mem
Der of the Bosrd who stands on record In fne Conirou
ers Office as having paid double. treble and qusdrupie
fare for carriages had brought the overreachng drivers
I'D for violation of the ordinance. Upon inquiry We
found tina, il was neither of them but stranger VINO
had been taken in So, large number oil the Alder
men and Assistants are still record as confedcraes
and willing assistants of hackdnvers or owners IN 'ak
ing extorionate and Illegal fare-not from their own
pockets, by any means, but from the CITY Treasury.
Such Is Loco-Foco Reform.
E The Nineteenth Ward Contested
Election case progresses with A2ernanic speed Since
the let of January (of this year, the Committee have
succeeded in getting In all the evidence on one SIDE
Allow i've months to get the evidence tor the deisnsan
FIVE months for argument Ave months for dsiserstsu,
and five months for action upon the report BY the Gem
mon Council and we have the two years during Which
the bogus Alderman from that Ward hopes to grew Alder
manic with cetsras at the expense Of the people
,he case were in any manner doubtful, small portion
OF this delay might be excused but there is not man
Va the City at all eonverssnt with the fscts-nos even
Dohsr,y hnselt-who is net perfectly satisfied that the
socalIed election is entirely without legal validity But
if the voters of the Nineteenth Ward ssshs 81 with
this trifin:, perhaps nobody has rshtts complain
U Hon. WI. III. SEWARD and family
reached our City on Saturday evenins-,hef family being
on their way home from Washington for the summer.
Gov was obliged to leave them here and return last
night to Washington being apprehensivs that the vote
ON the Collins Steamer item Of the Deficiency bill may
be taken in the Senate today
A FUeITrvE SLAVE Casa fugitive
slave was In our State Prison last week sad his term
within one LAY OF its close, when U. s. Marshal and
son of the claimant appeared at Sing Sing for tbs pur-
pose Of making arrangement for his release at de-
sgnated hour next day when they would be on hand to
nab him. After they had spent an hour looking through
the prison, they msds known their errand, and were
politely informed that pardon fer their man had been
received from the Governor and thst the Negro had len
the prison about the time that his pursuers entered IT,
1t 10 understood that he had taken passage northwsr
the underground railroad and he has not since been
heard FROM
Destructive FIRE.-About half-past
twelve o'clock this morning. fire broke out In the large
building occupying portion of the block on Laight
West and Washington streets, used by f. H. swim
Sugar Refinery. In what portion of the building the
fire broke at present unknown but scarce tho
alarm given by the Hall and other bells, the flames
burst forth from every window in the establishment
The fremsn in great numbers the ground at
early moment but the flames defed their every efor,
and in lees than hour the whole building with il
tents, nearly, if not totally destroyed
In consequence of the combusthlo nature of the
terial about the building the flames spread with aston.
i.hing rapdty and fears entertained lest the walls
would fall and do injury the dwellings on the oppo
site of Laghts By the most indomtable persese
of the remen, however, the flames were coned 10 tho
premises In which they originated
The building contained large and valuable stock
and the loss will probably amount to about 100000
Owing the hour which the fire occurred, our Re-
porter could not ascertain whether not the premises
or stock were insured
The Corn ExCHANGE.-Ata meeting
Of the merchants connected with the hoar and grain
trade of this City held at their rooms No 10 south
Saturday, the Committee, to whom was referred the
subject of organizing Association, and of drafting
Constitution presented their report which was uaanm
ousy adopted. Upon the nomination of the said Com.
mittee, the following gentlemen were duly elected "
sompose the first Board Of 0liceu:-
President. .-..-.-...-.-.... JOSEPH KRrcnUx
IteePressdsm ......-..-...N. H. WOLFE
ITedshYp. ISAAC l. Frost.
Stcradry. ...--.-.-.-...-. .ALgRRD BARRArr.
In compliance with . provision Of the Constitution,
two Standing Committees wsrs appointed for the settle
ment Of such disputes may arise In the purchase and
sale Of hour and grain composed of tho following gen
men
GRAIN ARBITRATION CoMMrrTHE.--E. W. Durham,
John J. Kingsford, DAVID Bows, Henry Rowland, and
w. d. Nsngam
FLOUR ARBITRATION Communications Hoyt J. j.
Herrck, Theodore Banks, f. H. Abbott, and Wm. G.
Lord
Committee to draft by laws was unanimously elect.
ed, composed OF p Ii. Holt Theodore Banks and John
b Wright
UNPARALLELED SPEED ON THK CANAL.
The boat Ontario, Capt Johnson of the Old Oswego
Line, left Osweeo the morning of the 9th nst and
arrived In this City Friday evening" 18th nst making
the passage 1889 mles) In 57 days, with full cargo OF
-four, to BOWS Cary.
Mock AUCTION OPERATIos.-A sailsr
named Timothy Hall, who recently arrived In the city
after long cruise with pocket fall of cash. was de-
eoyed, Saturday into mock auction shop In Broad
way by one Levy, Peter Funk where he was induced
TO pay $50 for brass watch Another Of the fraternity
rejoicing in the cognomsn of Lord Mortimer then took
poor Jack TO couple OF similar establishments in