The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-17

H. dnd be t enacted, That IN case OF the
inability of the Chief Engineer the duty and power
the Chief Engineer is conferred the Assistant Enginee
in whose district the fire may occur.
SEC II. And be 1t enacted, That the Chief Engineer to
gether with the officers the several companies prepare
annually estimate of the cost for purchases, repairs
and incidental expenses connected with each company
the department and report the same to the Mayor and
City Council to the end that appropriations be made fol
the sunnort of each company of the department.
SEC. 13. And be IL enacted That the Chief Engineer
shall supentend the construction and repairs of all appa
ratus used by the several companies and cause the
to be completed at the earliest possible period Requ
tiOns in writing shall be made the Chief Engneec by
the Presidents of companies for all expenses incurred and
repairs necessary within the of appropriation
made by the Mayor and City Council to the several
panies Chief Engineer shall, upon the receipt
the monthly statement oi expenses lor eacn company
make to be made full account due them and to
each engineer officer, fireman, others in the employ o
the department signed by himself and countersigned by
the Secretary for which the Comptroller shall cause war
rant to be drawn the Register in favor of the Chief En-
gneer for the of the department. and it shall be the
duty said Chief Engineer keep record and take
receipt all persons whom money may be paid on
account of the Fire Dcparmcnhe record and his books
shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Pres
dents of companies and the Mayor any member of the
Council.
SEC IA. And be it enacted That any officer of fire
company other fireman disobeying refusing to obey
any order order given by the Chief or other Engineers
shall for such offence be suspended from all connection
with the department by the Chief Engineer until he OF
they may investigation by the Standing Committee Of
the Baltimore United Fire Departm ent be reinsated by
them the Chief Engineer.
Sec. Is And be 10 enacted, That the Chief Engineer
shall have power to suspend the operations of any compa
ny for violation fths other ordinances OF the city
or for neglect OF duty until investigated by the Stand1g
Committee of the Baltimore United Fire Department.
SEC. 16 And be 1t enacted That the Chief Engineer and
all the fremen shall when duty remen be desig
mated by cap badge be provided for by the city
der the direction of the Chief Engineer and one officer OF
each company.
Sec. IL And be it enacted That the Chief Engineer
shall establish such regulations reference the alarm
bells under the control of the fire companies and the city
will designate the locality and district the fire is To-
Gated.
SEC. IS. And be it enacted That in the of the
sessions of the City Council tempore appointments
fremen may be made by the Mayor to fill vacancies that
may in the number of members each company is
entitled but said appointments must afterwards be con
hrmed by the Councils before certificates of membership
be issued
SEC. 49, And be it enacted, That certificates of member
ship of all the remen be issued by the Mayor counter
signed by the Chief Engineer and his Secretary.
SEC. 20 And be 1t enacted, That the Chief Engineer
may be entitled to Secretary (who shall be of the
fremen appointed by the city with salary not exceed
ing dollars, and that the salary of the Chief Engi
geer shall not exceed - dollars per annum.
Sec. 81 and be ii enacted That the Chief Engineer
shall give bond with sufficient security securities in
the penal of five thousand dollars conditional for
the faithful performance of the duties of his office,
shall make oath affirmation that he will faithfully and
impartiay perform the duties of his office.
SEC. Do and be al enacted, That the Assistant Engi-
shall be selected from and reside in of the four
districts to the end that two Of them shall be appoint
ed from the district the company and give
bond with approved security in the penal of one
thousand dollars and they also shall take the oath pre-
scribed for the Chief Engineer.
SEC %. And be ii enacted, That fireman become
eligible for the nomination of Chief Engineer after the
first year, shall have served term Assistant En-
gnter.
THE EASTERN FEMALE HIGH SCHooL.-Y esterday
was occasion which must long live pleasantly In
the memories of the Principal, teachers and pu-
pills of this school, marked as it was by the attes-
tati0n Of the gratitude and admiration of the young
ladies, composing the several classes of the school,
for their preceporS by the presentation to them of
tasteful and deserved testimonials. At II O'Clock
the school visited by Mayor Swami, Mr.. Jno.
7. Ford, of the City Council Messrs. McJiton Plum
mer, Arthur, Reese and Abbott of the School Com
missi oners, together with a number of ladies'
The ceremonies commenced with singing by the
whole school, under the direction of their musical
instructor, Mr.. G. S. Root, and their performance
testified to his capacities for this position.
Mr.. n. II. Thayer, the Principal, then, as is bis
custom each year, upon the day preceding the
school commencement, addressed the present gradu-
ating class in a well-timed and most appropriate
manner He expressed the qualification his official
connection with these young ladies had afforded
him, and testified to the uniform studiousness and
excellent department which had marked their whole
career as pupils. He eloquently alluded to the i'm
portance of preparing their youthful minds by edu-
cation for the sphere which woman is destined to
fill in life, that she might be fitted for the proper
exercise of those powers which had been given her
by her Creator over the opposite sex. His address
also replete with those admonitions which, if
properly observed by the young ladies to whom
they especially directed will render their lives
one scene of true happiness, make them ornaments
alike of society and their sex, and secure to them
ly career.
Mayor Swami next addressed the school, and said
that though he had not attended to make a speech
still he felt constrained to observe that he had lis
tened with infinite pleasure to the remarks of their
worthy Principal which should make Il deep i'm
preston upon the minds of the whole school. He
had ever, he said, taken deep interest in this sys-
tenn of popular education, and amid all the respon-
sbities of his official station, he had never lost
sight of the duties he owed to the schools, On the
occasion of his last visit to the Western Female
High School, he derived much pleasure in present
ing to three of the young ladies of the last years
graduating class, who had especially excelled in
their studies, each testimonial of his appreciation
of their good department, and he was here to-day
for the same object. No department of the city
government, he said, conferred more honor upon
the city than the public school system. He pledged
his official influence at all times to advance its inter
ests, regarding it important alike to those who
thus directly received its advantages and to the
government over which he presided, and he urged
it the duty of all good citizens to sustain these
educational institutions.
His Honor then presented to Misses Laura Deva-
lin, Olivia Dorman, and Hannah c. Lang, the three
most proficient graduates of last years session of
this school, each handsomely bound pocket bible
They were received the part of the fair recipients
by the Rev. J. N. McJilton.
Miss Elizabeth Miller, of the graduating class,
here presented to Mayor Swami, on behalf of her
self and associates, large and handsome boquet.
The Principal then, the part of the class, made
the following presentations to their teachers: To
Miss E. A. Baer, silver salver to Miss Susan Will
lis, handsome rosewood writing desk; and to Miss
Phoebe j.. TOmpkns, sixteen beautifully bound vol
umes of the British poets. They were received on
the part of these ladies' by the Rev. E. Y. Reese, in
happy and most appropriate response.
The most interesting feature of the ceremonies
followed here, Miss Rebecca Patrick, of the gradu-
ating class, having presented the part of the
class, to the estlmabe and most efficient Principal
of the school, Mr. n. H. Thayer, mementoes of
their appreciation of and gratitude for his assduous
attentions to their mental culture pupils of this
school. These mementoes consist of beautiful sill
yer tea service and massive gold fob chain. The
silver ware contains the following inscriptions "To
Nath H. Thayer, from the class of 1852
In receiving them Mr.. Thayer said that it would
be impossible for him to give utterance to the emo
tions of gratitude and pleasure which such testi-
monial from those with whom he had been asocia-
ted created within him. Those feelings were such
that it would be alone waste of words to attempt
an expression of them. Throughout life these beau
tiful tokens of their regard would ever cause his
thoughts to recur to one among the happicst mo-
ments of his exstence-that in which they were
thus presented to him by those kind hearted young
ladies whose future welfare it had been his aim for
some time past to secure, and whose future happi-
ness he earnestly invoked
These exercises were interspersed by the singing
of solos by Misses Morrison, Welslager, Burnham,
Slicer, Appegarth Supplee and Day, and closed by
the singing, in a creditable manner "Iiail Colum-
bia," by the entire school.
The school at present contains 22l pupils and six
FATAL ACCmENT.-Ye esterday evening about half
past four o'clock an accident occurred in the gun
smith shop of Mr.. Levi Cromwell on Ann street,
near Thames by which young man named Will
liam Mears, eighteen years of age, was killed
Oliver Cromwell, workman in the shop, was show
ing a young man how a long barreed pistol was
carried, by being thrust down the pants from the
wastband, thinking that the pistol with which he
was working was not loaded. In taking it from
his pants the hammer of the pistol caught in his
vest, and he raised it with his thumb to clear it,
and at the time pulled the pistol out. His
thumb slipped and the pistol was discharged the
ball striking Mears on the right side of the head
passing through the brain, and lodging on the left
side of the head, directly opposite the point of
trance. He fell to the floor and died in about TWEEN
ty minutes. DR.. Evans called but before he
arrived the man was dead. He probed the wound
and extracted the ball. Coroner Sparkin held an
inquest, and the jury rendered a verdict of death
from the accidental discharge of pistol in the
hands of Oliver Cromwell. The body was removed
to the residence of his father Ann street, near
Pratt street.
ACCIDENT-A aborer in Abbott's rolling mill of
Canton had one of his legs broken on yesterday
the tables attached to the rolling machinery fel-
low workman having failed to force it down proper
lv. The man was removed to his home, where DR..
Monkur rendered medical attention.
CRY PASSENGER RAILwAYs.-In the First Branch
of the City Council, yesterday afternoon, two petit
tions were presented asking permission, to two
separate companies, to lay down tracks for the
using of passenger horse cars upon principal
thoroughfares.
VETO OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ORDINANcE.-As
will be seen by our Council reports, Mayor Swami
yesterday submitted to the First Branch a message
vetoing the ordinance passed by the last session of
the Council for the reorganization of the Fire De-