New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-17
On N. authors Of suffering that must ,end hund-

IN the authors Of sufferipg that must send hunc-
reds of our bravest spirilf ~ their graves.
As New-YoIk has been already made great
besdouar,ers tor our PeInsy lvania petroleum, AID
sill vet become much greater one, your clli~hS
and nutLori,es should look well to The dangerou, ar
ii, lie they are piling up wha'ves ahd III store
.,ouses II is quite as destructive as ennpowder,
and far more nfammable. The terrible explcsion
here on Monday ongnt 10 be warning enongh-a
schooner aud her cargo destroyed, one man killed
and others sent, bali.bood, to the hospital. Tie
London utlorities have already taken measurrs 10
Keep the dangerous csrgoes in safe places Ihey
have proved that raw petroleum If 80 vo htiie suI
combusbs liquid, that if stored in vault apu
leaking from the vessel containing It, II wonld Iorn
with he atmosphere an explosive mixture when
would take fire al even huiicr,d i.et from 'ne
package and thst in case Of fire 1t would not hlA
with water, but would float upou 1t IN sn'et o'
fame Even the refined or astral oil becomes danger
GUS al q temperature OF 95' These results Were re-
produced in the exJ lori Il oi Monday Elt' ihe
schooner had 100 barrels Of raw petroleum Ia Der
1 hold. 80 were ON deck ano some 800 more were on
the y barf also TO lie loaded deck. 1he mate war
in the ca in ia the evening" aud the gas from the oil
filed the apartment, duoing drowthess. a iinp
wss burn rg IN the cabin. Suddenly tie eNilosl' II
came ipsta ly enveoping the vessel IN flames, sel
ting 6re 10 The barrels the wharf, as wen AS 10 u
iue slip and The wharf Itself, blowing the steward
into The river, where LIE was drowned, and severely
burning tie mate atd two Others 1he Vessei,
valued a, s. 500 was totally destroyed with all The
oil valued at eyeral thousaDd more. Seve al st,1in
6re-engip.s poured torrents OF water into the vessel
Int il teemed iupo-sb!e 10 eAtingulsh tbe laines'
Twice subdued 20 appearance, they AGAIN brOhe out
Tie wharf wus damaged 10 the extent o1 <i,J'o Tue
ship was greatly DJaiedi sou woIih oi lumoer WIS
burned; the foaIng dry-dock came very near beng
destroyed and other valuable property was lmleIi-
ed The oil noai.d on The water in sheet OF iane
setn2 fire everything IT touched. As tbis Is Tue
first great calamity produced by The storage oi le
roleum in tie cities, eIDee u became comineieip
stapl. il should be sufficient warning. ii rot
yuarIed aQnirst now IL is the sure forerunner OF
other. tlat w II be disastrous in proportion 10 tie
prowing magnitude of the trade. Our insurance
compal les regard petroleum stores With especial rus
plciOn.
uess with liz nachin.s for cleaning our streets II
wns most difficult bave them employed Lere, See
ug that they 30 not vote for voting was long con
siGer.d The most important vocation OF AL oiher
.treet.cloaners. BGt the plain truth is ihat our
streets and allevs lecame 80 unbearably htby as o
AL rm tie people and, sitter long contest, Councils
cane down with tbe dust and employed snlth iOf
two moutbs He has bad TO begin with peAaAes
10 remove the great aceumulations before hls ma
cliues can work, with army Of men welding
hoes and shoves. lie moves 70 energ,tcally hs TO
make our citizens open their eyer, ana the chinces
are that be viii have long reigu with US.
The lew frigaie IrOnsides j. swarnug Nitb work
men, both inside 8nd out This week ler boilers 10
into place. They are vast bodies oil metal, ana go
very slowly iuto potion. Pubic euno'iiy resiect'
inc ts. ehip seen + an great ID ever. a fence has
been tUrowu round the ier - Keep oil tie crowds
who come from town aud country TO view tie mon
SER Commodore Stewart, who chisitned her
+ when launched, has the singular Louor OF having
been on board The fret and latest steamer onilt Ia
America. lie was passenger IA ohe oi iteb
trr = up the Delaware with bis first Steamboat III
l7;5 and i. potaby the only survivor Of the party.
Tue boundary line Of Canada seems 10 hav" been
sudd nly removed 70 away down south. Free toil
baf astonishiugy incTeis. d It's area within lev
uonths When Gov. Letcher says the south has
already lost Slj,00J00J worth OF chaltels, an In
clined 10 think lie und,Tstatts that htte Item.
heavy spin uknp has been coming this way over the
lines for months past aud ir N whit zee aud hear
| think the ~ rinking Will uagtiiy iifeli into
shower before tie year Is oyer zee Invalid onlcers
and soldiers bringing the oohtrabands nome WIN
trIn TO freedom aud safety. Pan, Mt dople grateful
sou- they seem TO e. am zed at what thoy zee and
hear among us-thankiul for n civil woid grateful
for emile Rot there is no over-snpiiy among ns
Somehow they disappear ns raIdly hs they come
alsorbed by the great CGtufa cominuni arOuhd
ns. Tie dougbiuced cry ret up few weeks ago
that We were to be Oyerrun with tcm, has oicd out.
/ Common sense has returned, and the tluid 60 not
~ often inquire hat We 10 do with ali the
/ hiacks if they come this way. Tie question IL ad-
ourued un;il they really come. Meantime The IGith
Of true men among gTows with what Con-
gress and the Presiienr give for them 10 feed on.
We believe the heroes OF this memorable criti, are
not all in the army. Congress has achieved victories
az glorious any won upon the battle leld. Eman-
cipaion ia tue Distinct, Freedom for all tine within
the Terri ones Slavery to take care OF itseH If II
can, have electrified hearts which Fix months ago
were doubling and dependent. His whole com
munity demands coniiscation, conptehensive
and killing That secured, and we eau pray with
stout voices for the crowuiug measure winch can
alone render new rebelOns impossiJle.