Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-09

Police REFORM CITY Railroad 0OlVia WiH Case.
BALrnoRx, Feb. ., 1855.
The ordinance recently introduced into the City
Council for the reorganization Of the police depart
ment Of the city contemplstes Almost radical change
in the present condition Of things Itproydes TOR
the appointment Of chief Of police, with deputy
eight captains, and sixteen heutenants, and three
hundred subordinates, wfo are all to be men of
good moral character, carriage, and repute, and
natiye-bon citizens OF the United States.
The city is to be divided into four districts, as
at present and twenty-five policemen will be re-
quired to be on duty in each during the day, and
fifty during the night Thus the present night
watch department. with all its old-timed notions Of
crying the hour, &C., win be abolished. 1t i to
be hoped the custom of sleeping in watch-boxes
will be also abolished along with the Charles"
The new police, under this ordinance, are to be
restricted from visiting tayerns and disreputable
places except in the discharge Of their duty and
they are not to be allowed TO act as door-keepers
for theatre managers, or at other places Of amuse-
ment. Intemperance is to subject the offenders
to immediate dismissal.
The project, recently much talked lin this city,
Of laying double track railroad through Baltimore
street. was again before the city council yesterday
The second branch passed an ordinance referring
the matter to the decision Of the people at the next
election. s ~ 48
If properly constructed, this railroad would GER
tanly be great advantage to citizens, in furnish
ing the means Of easy and cheap conveyance from
one end Of the city to the other and would greatly
enhance the value Of property on and near the
outskirts, by rendering dwellings there more ac-
cessible to those engaged in various mechanical
and other pursuits near the centre Of the city.
The system Of city railroads, (for passenger cars
only, has been found to work most admirably in
New York, and it is to be hoped Baltimore win
ere long come up to the advancing spirit Of the
age, and be able to boast of such an Improvements
also. sRlSf
The Colvin win case is still occupying the atten-
ton of the Circuit Conrt The testimony however
isaun except merebutting evidence by the cavea-
tors which viii not occupy more than two or three
days more, when the argument Of the learned
counsellors viii be commenced As soon as this
tedious case is concluded, the court Is expected to
adjourn to the March term, owing to the delicate
health Of Judge Constable. AHERICUs.
ALBANY, Feb. s, 1856.
v. ELLIS, Esq, Editor ADsesisar Organ:
DEAR SIR: Noticing your remarks in the Organ
Of Saturday, to the effect that the Pierce Demo
Gratis" or softs, had formed bargain with the
Seward Wings for the purpose returning the arch
demagogue, who now disgraces our State, TO the
United States Senate, take the liberty Of calling
your especial attention to the further developments
ofto-day in confirmation Of this presumption. Hon.
Patrick II. Mcguire, the Assemblyman from the
third district Of New York city, to-day came out
boldly in behalf of Stewards reelection. Mcguire
was first elected last session as national or hard
Democrat but last fall he, with many of his fellow
countrymen, passed over to the seymour and
Bad Rum" party, and was reelected by tight
squeeze, in district which does not contain one
Wing in ten voters, and in which there are proba-
bly, more custom house officers and more unlicensed
liquor shops than any other in the United States
He is an Irishman by birth, and Roman Catholic,
Of the most ultra school, in religion. Rumor says
that two considerations only could have influenced
such course First promise on the part of the
Seward Wings to defeat, if possible, the bill rela
tive to church tenures (aimed at Roman Catholic
Bishop trusts of property now pending in our Lee
gislature and, secondly, some understanding about
custom-house patronage to be given out by the soft
officials in New York.
Hon. David 0'Keefe, member from the same
city, first district has also avowed, in speech,
his readiness to vote for Mr.. Seward, should his
vote be needed. It is boasted by the Wing
friends of Seward, that Hons. William G. Nc
Laughlin and Thomas j. Munday, of the city dele
CATION, win do the same, if necessary These
gentlemen are all also of the Pierce administration
party, which numbers, including them, about a
dozen in the Assembly.
In the Senate if needed, it is alleged that Sena-
tor zenas Clark, of ST. Lawrence, Freesoil Barn
burner of the Pierce school, stands ready also to
accord his vote to Mr.. Seward. Mr.. Clark's vote
would be given on anti-slavery grounds those of
the Irish Catholic Assemblymen on antiKnow-
Nothing grounds.
So that you win see that the coalition Ia quite as
complete as need be- There are fifty New York
custom-house officers on the ground attending to
the completion Of the arrangements. T.
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