The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-13

Fourth syepue Union square AMI Broadway South ferry
70 which plscs the members Of the Common Council Of the
city accompanied H. AMER crossing to Brooklyn by the
ferry tho processiou resumed s march Groom wood
mains Of he much regretsed Or vache The conn which
/ encosed the body was o. ROSEWOOD. and Was highly
mounted and finished In very superior manner The
were great number carriages and other vehicles
tanning many OF the eif VI New York. which bore ample
OF the esseem In which the deceased held BY
| this class.
ACTION thy Insurance COMPANIES RELATIVE TO BONDED
wAKmousr.-Ata meeting of the Board of Fire Under
wrors held on Thursday at the Office or the Continental
Fire Insurance Company, the following resolutions with
| regard to bonded warehouses adopted
Resolved, That building shall be hereafter consd.
cred bonded warehouse II which kept other than
| bonded goods
Resolved, That an inspector be appointed to VISIT at
least once in each month"; ali bonded warehouses and ali
storage stores TO report the condition OF each prompt
| iy 70 each company.
Tho appoinmrn, of the inspector referred to the
Regulations were also adopted with reference to oil s.or
age Stores requiring that smoking be permitted the
rremes thar open ~ hts be used that ingress
pefm'ed except Though ste office, aud other provsons
bdng TO rennee such buildings more secure from spon
| tepeous combustion, careiessuass or design.
THIS incd atr ion OF this action on tho part OF the
insurance companies the fire which occurred ab,u
week in the bonded warehouse in Brooklyn causing
ls o. hundreds OF thousands OF dollars Tue origin
If the fire vas clearly ira ,eable to the fact
of large qa.puy Of bay being stored the
PR lns cs acce which is directly at variance with the
regulations Of Insurance companies, who 10 this habit
Of nsuripg boudcd wareboscs at lower rates than ordi
harry torcs with the uudcr audug that but beaded
goods ere stored within them
Takips into consideration tie fact that the United States
Secretary Of the Treasury will allow any bonded
house to hold goods in bond usless certificate be pro-
drced showing that the building drst class aud IL
cd at lower rates than other stores the aoa OF the
Board of Fire Underwriters will probably have the
d,sred effect and to be taken in guarding
against the u,uallJ dies trucuve fires which in this
class OF buildings.
DlscoNlHYT THE FIFE DEPARTMENTAL CONVENTION
m Hrn--we understand movement Is foot in tho
Fire Department 10 hupersede the present Boa or Fire
Con sioners whose acts for the past year have been
exceedingly dsateul TO certain parties aud believed
the discomfort is general in the engine houses II is pro
posed hold convention or delegates from the different
engine, hose and truck companies through the city,
some day next week when acton will BIO taken to teal the
feeling Of tic department., and If the aggreved and dis
meeting OF the Beard Of Rcpre eniaives will DC held and
resolution passed requesting the present Fire CoDu,
oners to resign, after which matters wlbe kept abey
ahcc prti sch time az the State Legislature meets,
when another effort will be made TO modify the
Law under which the Commissioners act, as to
"trip them Of their alleged arbitrary powers The present
Board Fire Commissioners into operat under
LAG CT the State in the spring Of 1885, Their duties
take cognzance Of all ght- quarrel, disputes aud the
like among members the Tire department, a, they have
power 10 fne suspend or expel nremen who have vio
lated the rules Of the department. as we'll as to judge Of the
fitness Of the candid .es for membership in the different
companies There no appeal fTcm their decision excoa
to the Common Council and then two third vote must be
ment, which 1t Is next to impossible to produce. These
powers conferred upon this commission at the re-
quest OF the repre- .entatives Of the department.
deemed desirable to check The spirit of xdyim
pant in many companies. The Commissioners have acted
with great and perhaps deserved servcrty and have sue
ceedcd in putting stop In great measure 10 the fights
ard quarrcs which formerly brought tho department into
all those who have been affected by thcr decision AMI
impression has been gainng ground that some OF their
recent judgments have been unnecessarily severe Wor
thy yourg men, Is charged, have been rfussd men,
beTshp In the department. alter the COMPANIES have 40
eep'ed them, without any g,od reason why they should
have been thus 6.sgracef decisions have bsen given
that bore with unnecessary severity vel! meaning bI.
imp uder young mon. We learn that one young gentle
nun has appealed to the courts for an desson Of
charac err end doubtless the whole matter will be iuly
discussed in the meeting which will be held next week.
Family MARKEnyc-Tho heavy rains OF the pas, month
will have most beneficial effect upon veyea,ion; and
there every probability tina, MI kinds OF vegetables will
be abundant aud cheap during the ensuing As
sc. most Of potatoes and green truck Is from the
South but the farmers say that peas beans tomatoes 20
a,oes and ali cropa but corn most promising dat lit
Tie has yet been planted in the Northern States
a1d or tho rain do II much mischief Green
peas selling yesterday at 81 per bbl; asparagus
plentiful at Sd per bunch and general thing green
truck Il cheap Strawberries selling yesterday at
Cd for basket tina, would not hold than twenty
berries. lady complained to dcalor Of tho smalncss
of the baskets, but the latter gave tho na excuse that
"umbsr scarce IN Jersey" Neat week pro
nigcd strawberries for 20 basket Cherries sell
ing Sc per ID currants AZ lc and goosebcrres at 1sc
per quart There Ia nothing neg 10 note Ia meat; stil
ards Lth figure. lamb IL selling NJ l2c. loo
rer ID "a slight decline Fork IS unusually high, owing
70 wholesale destruction Of hogs by the plague in tho
West Salnon Ia selling Of from Goc. TO G2c. per Ii Sea
bass weak and blue fish and cheap for the
SOU F-h gencriy rates high Nes butter the best in
the market, IS selling fos 2jc. per H..
TIM wuSoS SNAIL lrNucgsTiv 6iSYaAL CosNuTrr met
on Thursday night in Tanmany Hall. Tue following named
per- rs were expelled for failing attend and stant trail,
viz Isaac V. Fowler Emanuel r. Hart, Andr6 Fromon,,
nnulel Norrs, John Coclfare, Isaac Bel Jr., and j.
b Rycr. committee appointed to prepare plan
for tic organization OF the raTty upon which the com
nitcc adjourned Friday evening when the committee
viii MAKE nnal report
BEctpwN CtKANfn ItSr.-BroadwAy vas cleaned
last night from tho Bowhug Grccn 10 Union square, being
the drs, limo this las been cleaned iis onrc
length. over III hundred and dy largo coal c,rs OF
dirt have been removed ont Of 1is street This work
has betn done by tho sweeping machines, which have full
filled tho expectations or their sapguinc advocates
They will be on again to Ill ht.
BtrGrAEiEs-scarcely ,week passes but NC hear OF
extensive burgiarits on the Hudson river.
On Wednesday night, Snyder & vandepa rks store at
soro Bridge Ulstcr county, broken opeD, aud large
oUantty of valuable merchandise, well $3.50 50
money, stolen. ~ last accounts no clue hal been OBJ
taincd leading 10 tho discovery Of tho robbers. .
sttu ANOTHER EfoivENr--TIE MYsrrriors DIsNTrsR-
AHrr or 4 YOvNG LADY ACCOUNTED For.Wc published an
accom-; Of a young lady suddenly disappearing from
Greene county few days since We hear that she passed
through Catskin with 4 married man frsm Ashland,
Greene eous,y who has also disappeared In manner
equally mysterious. Tho man Icayess wife AID several
children.
the sew YORK Weekly Herald.