East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-05-30

the Indian he displaced, loves and must
have.
But after all, it is at nighttime that
the fireman is really himself, and means
something. He lays down the worn out
pen, and shuts up the red-lined ledger.
He hurries home from Lime street, slips
on his red shirt and black dress trousers,
dons his solid japanned leather hemlet
bound with brass, and hurries to the
guard room or the station if he be on du-
ty.
NEW YORK FIRE.
A CLEAN of red, Just blush in the sky,
Observation-Disclosures street way-among
the warehouses; and presently the tele-
graph begins to work. For every station
has its telegraph, and every street has its
line of wires, like metallic washing lines.
Jig-ig, tat-tat, goes the indicator.
Fire in William street, No. 3 Messrs.
Hardcastle s. CO."
Presently the enormous bell, slung for
the purpose in wooden shed in the City
Park, just at the end of Broadway, begins
to swing and roll backward.
In dash the volunteers in their red
shirts and helmets, from oyster cellars and
half finished clam soup, from newly begun
games Of billiards, from the theatre, from
Bourcicaut, from Booth, from mad drolle-
ny of the Chri,ty Minstrcls, from stiff
quadrile parties, from gin sings, from
bar rooms, from sulphrous pistol gale
ries, from studios, from dissecting rooms,
from half-shu,tered shops, from converse.
zioni and lectures-from everywhere
north, south, east and west-breathess
hot, eager, daring, shouting, mad. Open
by the folding doors, ont glidcs the new
enginc-the special pride Of the company
the engine whose excellence many lives
have been lost to maintain "a reg lar
high bred little stopper as ever a smiths
hammer forged. 1t shines like new set
of cutlery, and is as light rs "spider wa
gon" or trotting gig. II is not the
great Juggernaut car ofour Sun Phoenix
offices the enormous house on wheels,
madc as if purposcly cumbrous and cter-
nal-but is mere light musical snuff
box of steel rods and brass supports, with
axes and coils OF leather, brass sockctcd
tubing fastened beneath, and all ready for
instant and alert use.
"liei he'll! hcilll hei!l!p (crcs-
cendo), and out at Lightning speed dashcs
the engine, in the direction Of the red
CLEAN now widening and sending up the
fan like radiance of volcano.
THE VICTIM or THE FIRE.
The fire lowers, and is all but subducd,
though still every now and then floor
gives way with an earthquake crasly and
INTO the stilllur dark air rises storm
OF sparks like a!hurricane of fire flies. But
suddenly there is crowding together
and Whispering Of helmet ed heads. Brave
Seth Johnson is missing; ali the hook
men and axe men are back but he; oil the
are there, and all the loafers are
there. he alone is missing.
Caleb Fisher saw him last, shouts the
captain to the eager red faces; he was then
breaking a third floor back window with
his axe. He thinks he is under the last
wall that fell. Is there lad there who
will not risk his life for Seth? No or he
would be no American, dare swear.
Iiei hei |! hei !! hei ri
ii Up they tear through choking smoke,
sparks, and still dangererous fire, over
bridges of half-burnt beams, half.brittlc
charcoal. They reach the tomb of smok
ing bricks, they dig as if the life of each
were depending on it-hooks, axes, bleed
ing hands, everything but teeth.
Hei i! hei hei ~! hci!ll !1'a
Click-shongh go the shovels, chick
chick the pickaxes. A shout, scream Of
"Sethl"N esf3uL 5'l ~ Haa3 sye
I He is there, pale and silent, with heav
ing chest his breast.bono smashed in, a
cold dew oozing from his forehead Now
they bear him to the roaring multitude,
their eyes aching aud Watering with the
gusts Of smoke. They lay him
pale, in his red shirt, amid the hushed
men in the bruised and scorch-
ed helmets. The grave doctor breaks
through the crowd. He stops and feels
Seth's pulse. All eyes turn to him. He
shakes his head, and makes no other an
swer. Then the young men take off their
helmets and bear home Seth, and some
weep, because of his betrothed, and the
young men think of hcr.-From Dickens
"AH The Year Round" March 81. 20.
The BANK OF ALBANY FRAup.-The
examination into the affairs of the Bank
Of Albany reveals system of frand ex-
tending for many years back The books
Of the bank have been falsifed in every
conceivable way. It was even made TO
appear at the Directors meeting that the
deposits Of the bank were only $3.50 900
whereas the actual ,omount was $780,
600. Among other frauds, one note for
s25, 900 ola leading politician, which was
supposed to be a paying asset of tho bank,
was paid by him seven years ago, and re-
ceipt thereof obtained the interest on
this note was paid by the party interest
ed 10 making It appear as an asset Of the