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NEw YonK. April 4th, 1865.
FA1D FIRE DEPAnTMEyT.
The prominent topic III this city during tho
past week, and the one which has created
the sensation Of the wcek-asido from the
warnews, which has Of course preponder-
ated-has been the passage Of the bill py
the State Assembly, creating paid fire de-
Fa'tment for New York, and abolishfng the
volunteer r system which has been in vogue
SINCE the days Of tho ancient Knickerbockers
The matter had been flercoly contested in
the Legislature, pro and con, and it WAS At
&: st fca' ed that the members Of the present
department would revolt, In the event of the
p sage Of the Act, and refuse to perform
thcii usual tunctions at ores, or destroy the
apraia atus, OF place o'her imped1me7ts in
the way, or do other things which they had
IN their power to perform, but the result thus
fur has shown that all such fears are Cause
Il IS, and that 'here is more honor and man
hood am ng Ne" York hrtmen taan our citi-
Ztns were willing previously to concede.
there was considerable excitement auope
our fremen on Friday and Saturday nights,
but It has n a great measure suhsided. There
were 7. ports circulated r st. ruay that several
OF the 'olunteer companies had disabled their
hut learn that ali Of these tales were ft.sc
lu proof OF this, 1 need only to state that
there were four fires last night, to all Of
VII ch the old dremen devoted their usual
attention and their efforts we're as effective
as in .he past. A meeting Of tl1emen will be
held on 1uesday evening Of the present week,
VII a decision Will be arrived at as to the
action the To'ut terr companies shall take In
breaking up their organizations.
The citizens not personally interested In
tie Fl1c Department opp.sud the pass:ge Of
the bill, and rightly consider that 1t is one of
the best moves the Assembly has 1nado In
years-enpha7tcatly move in the right d.
= ction. The blu has been stsned 81 The
Governor, snd ere this has become law
Even the exempt members Of the volunteer
s}ste1n seem 10 70 lot the new 1mpro gemsnt.
The old system, as might have been ex-
pected, had become = political power, and as
euth Z corrupt political power. Time has
dt nagoeuc in tho city, By p-udesing to tue
baser part OF the tlIemtn and promising to
.uIpo!t The organization through Wbatever
might betlde, could ride into powe-, and, Ia
t.c:, secure whatever posit:en he might crave
within tie gsn Q! tht people tatoug 3 the bal
tot-box. Step By step tie power increased
Until II became monopoly looking to the
agerand'zemeut OF its pets rather tlan tho
Ilot. ctlon OF public property, An organized
iofcc OF one hundred and fifty thousand men
could do almost anything. They tluauy made
such demands upon tue pockets Of the people
that the people dcte. mlntd TO kick item out
ofpoHer- and they have, at last, been kicked
portion OF them at lcast--wlll, under proper
les ders and rigid IT tstrictions, without aonbt,
become pei manently connected with the new
! aid Derar tmtnt. Aud there will be no mobs,
10 riots, or dis. urbances to mark the epoch.
Fifteen thousand well drilled militia aud
public opinion, will be the restsainins forces,
inside finn the power welded by the respect
1Lle poItitn Of the volunteer depa- -tment.
The ''huuker6h and loalers will r, 10 their
hcmes, find respectable OF other employ nent,
and lLe Fire Department Of this city will be-
cone nitro efficient, more orderly aud less ex-
rcus!ye thnn was the case under the old re-
sim<. As to the oreantzatlon OF the new
anon.
1MPoRTKn RuFFIAEs.
One would naturally suppose that the Incl
dent OF an internal warfare, and it's couee-
Gnent p1e duction Of domestic rogucs, wese
enough TO supply tho United States with 4
sufficient number of these members Of soc1e-
ty. But it seems that our foreign relations
Ftv emig1ant ships arrive at this port from
England, am informed, that do not bring
with item s:me Of The men from the old
wc1ld Who hare been convicted Of heinz
otlenses against the laws, but who haFe been
g.tu tfckcts-oi-leaye from their prisons pro-
| v.ded tLey would sbip tnmeaiately fer this
country. Several Thousand criminals have in
this manner found access to the shores OF
America, and became portion Of our ,pu.
1at3or. TITS arrange ment may be fun for old
England; Int 1t ID death to us. Great Britain
gets lid Of the expense OF supporting her illy~
ot otgotten progeny. d'spenses with the pres
ence Of those who bare never been of auT
use to her, End at the same time I'M Cts 4
smart upon this country, for which sue i;
supposed to harbor none TOO ardent an affcc.
lion. Three Of these tick ct Of leave men were
up before Judge Russell, OF the Court oi
General Sessions, en- Wednesday Of last week.
One had been caught In the tric1s he had
learned in Europe and been convicted Of graud
larceny. Judge Russell intl1nated that il
future he should visit upon similar offenders
the full extent OF nlost rigorous retrlbution.
One Of the city papers suggests it might be
well to re Rlia'e and send our hardest cases
over the waters to replace those already sent
| t'cm ler confines to this country. Such =
cou;se might do well enough but fur one
thing. EnE1snd has got SO 1uuch the advant-
sgeot America In resi- lect to the number Of her
cr1mmala that We Won1d atnnd no sort OF
chance Of keeping up. the equilibrium. We
would, on the contrary, Boon become utterly
demo,a1ized. Seriously, it is time that our
gwen mn. NJ demonstrated With the mother
country, and demand that the Queen sand for
h-f oufcast offspring and pay out OF her own
pubic exchcqaer the expenses Of theis re-
shipment batk to their original and proper
donains. Honest emfgra ion should meet
With approval and encouragement. But the
sending to us Of popuiatfon Of thieves,
burglars. robbers and 8 worse class OF mendI-
cants, should be promptly, put down. We
fS3 3n+
tor his sustenance, but the thief should be
sent buck whence he came.
NOVEL SYSTEM OF BEdGARY.
4 stranger, upon his arrivalin the metropo-
lis. sces many things to excite his curiosity,
ard mary things which, no matter how
much he has travelled orer foreign lands, II
he has not visited New York, he has never
before btheld. And among these novelties
may BE- mentioned the 1ncndicant populatio
b ggars OF every description eau he ieckoncd
as among the novelties Of the best civilized
city IN America. I have yet to see The
"leggar On horse back" sad to exist only
in Mexico. bnt We 1nay reasonably expect to
sce him In the streets OF this city il time.
We cs r;:sinlS do daily sec begga as incon-
Estenfly arreycd upon our most fashionable
thor or.hfares.
To one Of moderate experience with
the usual class Of mcndicants, the pitcous
epIrals of tic ragged and filthy female, wLo
has sick husband at home, and three
children, and no money, 10 bread, no frr,"
carries 40 sensat,on care that Of disgust, and
desire to get from beyond the contamina-
ting atmosphere q. As quickly IS possible,
knowing that 1t is generally tha case that the
victim OF gil these outward circumstances is
either drunkard, praying for . drink, or
worse. The soldier with the wooden les,
sitting IN mute supp'ication upon the cold
and nolstened pavement, you recognize Ms
nasng Ng q aesn and oone carefully con-
cealed bcnenth him the man with no arta,
when asking for charity, has sound arm IN
or nas cf al and you turn from ~ these to
gu WIG brushes me crossing ciean Is Jou
Lass. but thele Is puase o. metropolitan